Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Alison TauntonRigby, Ph.D., Board of Directors Member
BIO is the largest trade organization to serve and represent the biotechnology industry in the United States and internationally. BIO represents companies, academic institutions, and State biotechnology centers engaged in the development of products and services in the areas of biomedicine, diagnostics, agriculture, energy, and environmental and industrial applications. Dr. Taunton-Rigby is President and Chief Executive Officer of Aquila Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., a public biotechnology company based in Worcester, Massachusetts. She received her doctorate in chemistry from the University of Bristol in England. The following is from a July 22, 1997, hearing on the Prohibition of Federal Funding for Human Cloning…
